DELHI POLICE APPOINTMENT AND RECRUITMENT RULES, 1980
These Rules shall be called "The Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) Rules, 1980."
(a) They shall apply to all non-gazetted employees of the Delhi Police.
(b) They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Delhi Gazette.
(i) "Appointing Authority" in relation to Inspector of Police means the Additional Commissioner of Police and in relation to the subordinate police officers below the rank of Inspector means the Deputy Commissioner of Police including the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal/P.T.S. or any other officer of equal rank.
(ii) Competent authority means the Commissioner of Police or any other police officer specially authorised by him under these rules to appoint a police officer of subordinate rank of Delhi Police.
(ii-a) "Employees" means non-gazetted employees of the Delhi Police Force.
(iii) Probation means a period of trial of a person appointed temporarily or in an officiating capacity against temporary or permanent post of a police of subordinate rank.
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(i) Appointing authorities The following authorities shall be competent to make appointments to various subordinate ranks of Delhi Police: Class of Police Officers
Authority to whom the power of appointment is delegated
The extent of delegation
(i) Inspector
Addl. C.P.
Full powers subject to the
rules framed hereunder.
(ii)" Sub-Inspr.
(i) DCP
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(a) Save in the case of Ministerial Cadre, Women Police and other specialised appointments, as hereinafter provided in these rules, direct recruitment to subordinate ranks (executive) of Delhi Police shall be made only at two levels viz. Sub Inspectors and Constables.
11. Substituted vide Notification No. F. 5/67/83-Home (P)/Estt. dt. 15-11-85. (b) In rule 5 of the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) Rules, 1980, hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Rules" for the existing sub-rule (b), the following shall be substituted, "(b) Other things being equal, in the recruitment for various tests in Delhi Police, sons/daughters of serving/retired/deceased Police personnel including the Class IV employees of Delhi Police, shall be given preference over other candidates subject to their fulfilling the prescribed educational and physical standards and also subject to such appointm
(i) No person who is not a citizen of India shall except with the consent of the Central Government to be obtained in writing in advance, be appointed, enrolled or employed in Delhi Police.
(ii) No person, who has more than one wife living or who having a spouse living marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life time of such spouse, shall be eligible for appointment, enrolment or employment in Delhi Police.
(iii) Every candidate shall make a declaration in form No. B about his marital status before he is enlisted.
(iv) No person shall be appointed to any post in Delhi Police unless he has been certified as physically fit for police service by form D and F by a medical authority to be appointed for the purpose by the Commissioner of Police.
Fifty per cent of vacancies in the rank of Sub-Inspector (Executive) shall be filled by direct recruitment and 50% by promotion out of 50% direct quota, 10% of the posts shall be filled by limited department competitive tests from amongst constables, Head constables, and Asstt. Sub-Inspectors with minimum 5 years of service who shall not be more than 35 years (40 years for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes candidates) of age on the first day of January of the year if the examination is held in the first half of the year and on the first day of July of the year if the examination is held in the later half of the year. The educational qualifications and other physical standards for the test shall be the same as prescribed in the Rules for direct recruitments to such posts. The unfilled vacancies reserved for the departmental candidates will be carried forward for 3 recruitment years as in the case of vacancies for the schedule
Selection of candidates for categories other than Sub- Inspectors (Executive) shall be made by Departmental Selection Boards to be constituted by the Commissioner of Police as_under:
(i) Delhi being a cosmopolitan city, it is imperative to attract candidates from all parts of the country.
(ii) The recruitment of constables shall be done twice a year in the months of January and July by the Board to be nominated by the Commissioner of Police as per Rule 8.
(iii) The Commissioner of Police may also order special recruitment at any time if there are sufficient number of vacancies and the panels prepared earlier have exhausted.
(iv) A panel shall be drawn up of selected candidates on the basis of existing and anticipated vacancies. This panel shall be valid till the next recruitment is held.
(v) Physical, educational, age and other standards for recruitment to the rank of constables shall be as under: (a) Age...
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Direct recruitment to ministerial cadre shall be made only in the rank of Head Constable (Ministerial) and of Stenographers in the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector. Competitive examinations for the purpose shall be held once or more frequently every year as the Commissioner of Police may decide depending upon the number of vacancies. Candidates from open market as well as from the department shall be eligible. Detailed standing orders prescribing subjects of tests, marks assigned for each, for shorthand/typewriting (English/Hindi) separately and producer for conducting tests shall be issued by the Commissioner of Police. Physical, standard, education, age and other standards for appointment to the rank Of Head Constable (Ministerial) and Assistant Sub-Inspector (Stenographer) shall be as under: Head constables (Ministerial/Assistant Sub-Inspectors (Stenographers).
(1) Shorthand reporters shall be in two ranks : Sub-Inspectors and Assistant Sub-Inspectors. All the vacancies of Assistant Sub- Inspectors (Shorthand reporters) shall be filled by direct recruitment whereas 50% of the vacancies of shorthand reporters (Sub-Inspectors) shall be filled by direct recruitment. The remaining 50% shall be filled by promotion as per rules.
(1)E.D.P. Programme Assistant/Console operator is a technical selection post and shall be filled firstly by promotion failing which by direct recruitment and lastly by transfer/ deputation. The, promotion shall be made on the recommendations of a Departmental Promotion Committee, consisting of Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police/Communication and Transport and one more member to be nominated by the Commissioner of Police.
(2) For promotion and deputation. There shall be no age limit as prescribed for direct appointment in these Rules but the candidates must possess other qualifications as prescribed for direct recruits for the rank/category.
(3) For promotion from the post of Machine Room Progammer, the officer should have at least six years service in that grade and for deputation the officer should have at
Selection for direct appointment to the posts of Librarian and Statistician shall be made by the Board of Officers to be nominated by Commissioner of Police under rule 8 of these Rules. No candidate shall be accepted for appointment unless he has been certified as physically fit and of good character for police service. The candidates must further possess qualifications for their respective categories as under : The Commissioner of Police shall prescribe the details of tests etc., if any, required to be conducted for selecting men for appointment to these posts by means of a standing order.
(1) Direct recruitment of women Police shall be made in the rank of Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector only. Wives and daughters of subordinate ranks, who die in service and whose families are left in indigent circumstances may, however, be considered by the Commissioner of Police for appointment as lady constables against vacancies of male constables subject to their possessing the requisite age and educational standards as prescribed for male constables and medical fitness, in exceptional circumstances.
(2) 50% of the total sanctioned posts for women police in the ranks of Sub-Inspector and 75% in the ranks of Assistant Sub-Inspector (till constables/ Head Constables continue to exits on the cadre of lady police after that the percentage of direct recruitment in the rank of lady Assistant Sub-Inspector shall be cent per cent) shall be filled by direct appointment.
There shall be no direct recruitment to the rank of Head Constables or Sub-Inspectors (Armourers) and all vacancies shall be filled by promotion in accordance with the rules.
(1) A select list of matriculate/equivalent Constables with not less than three years of service, having an aptitude to work as armourers shall be prepared by the Board of Officers consisting of Deputy Commissioner of Police/lst Battalion, Deputy Commissioner of Police/Lines and Inspector (Arms) for training as armourers. Their names shall be placed on the approved list in order of seniority based on date of appointment and date of bringing names on the list. The approved candidates will work as helpers and remain under training with qualified armourers for familiarising themselves with various components of arms sanctioned for Delhi Police.
(2) After the training
(1) Direct recruitment to the Mounted Police shall be made only in the rank of Constables. Vacancies in other ranks shall be filled by promotion from the lower ranks in the Mounted Police according to the rules governing promotion.
(2) Vacancies in the rank of Constables (Mounted) may also be filled in by transfer of men from the executive, for which volunteers may be called for from all the Districts/ Units from amongst constables with at least 3 years of service, physically fit and with aptitude for riding and maintenance of mounts. The volunteers shall be tested in riding by a Board of Officers to be appointed by Additional Commissioner of Police (Armed Police and Training) in order to judge their suitability. The Board shall select suitable candidates after considering their service record, experience and general suitability for Mounted Police. An approved list shall be maintai
(i) Appointments to the various specialist posts in the Radio (Wireless) and M.T. staff (listed below) shall generally be made by promotion, by the competent authority as prescribed in the Rules. In case, however, suitable men conforming to the standards as prescribed in the rules are not available, the posts may be filled by direct recruitment by a Board of Officers to be nominated by the Commissioner of Police as provided in rule 7 of these rules. Age, educational and other standards for these posts shall be as under.
(a) Vacancies of M.T. Drivers and Despatch Riders shall be filled by direct recruitment at the level of Constables only. The Head Constable shall be appointed by promotion as per rules. For appointment to the post of constables (drivers) volunteers shall be invited from amongst serving constables along with the candidates from open market. These candidates shall be
Selection of candidates for appointment to the post of Junior Research Officers, draftsman, etc. shall be made through Employment Exchange subject to usual reservations for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and other Categories as prescribed by Government from time to time. In case candidates of requisite Qualifications..s cannot be found from employment Exchange, the vacancies shall be advertised and selection made by a Departmental Selection Committee to be constituted by the Commissioner of Police under Rule 8 of these Rules. The candidates selected by the Selection Board shall be appointed temporarily on probation for two years as in Rule 5 (e) after they have been declared medically fit and their character antecedents have been verified as good. Age, Qualifications..s etc. for these posts shall be as under:-
(1) Professional trakers may be recruited as constable upto the age of 35 years. The height standard prescribed for constables shall not be obligatory in the case of trakers but they should be of sound Health... good character and medically fit. Men enlisted as trakers shall, not be promoted or transferred for general police duties unless they are thoroughly qualified for such duties.
(2) Professional trakers shall ordinarily be employed entirely as such and should receive only elementary training in drill, musk entry or general duties of a police officer.
(1) Bandsmen and buglars shall be enlisted centrally in the rank of constable by the DCP/Lines by notifying the vacancies to Employment Exchange, neighbouring States, local Soldiers Board. Reservations shall be made for Scheduled Castess/Scheduled Tribes and Ex-servicemen as per Government of India orders issued from time to time. No applicant shall be accepted as a candidate for appointment unless he has been certified physically fit for police service. The candidates must possess age and other standards as prescribed in Rule 9 of these Rules. Selection shall be made by a board of officers consisting of Dy-Commissioner of Police, as President, Asstt. Commissioner of Police and Inspector (Band) as members to be nominated by Commissioner of Police. The Board shall actually test the candidates in playing of band instrument/bugles and ensure that they are really proficient, before approving them for appointment.
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(1) As prescribed in section 13 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978, every enrolled police officer i.e., constable to Inspector shall, on enrolment, be given a certificate of appointment in form No. F. He shall sign its receipt in his character roll. Such certificate shall be signed by the officer empowered to make the appointment
(2) A certificate of appointment is a document designed to help the police officer to establish his identity during performance of his duty. It shall bear his photograph/ signatures and constabulary/range No. It shall not, however, be equal to a letter of appointment.
"Seniority in the case of upper and lower subordinate shall be initially reckoned from the date of first appointment, and officer of subordinate rank promoted from a lower rank being considered senior, to persons appointed direct to the same rank on the same day, till seniority is finally settled by confirmation. The seniority of direct recruits in all ranks except Sub-Inspectors (Ex.) appointed as a result of some examination or selection shall be reckoned by the order of merit determined. By the Selection Board and in case no order of merit is indicated by the age of candidates, the oldest being placed senior-most and the youngest the junior-most. The inter-seniority of directly recruited Sub-Inspectors (Ex.) shall be fixed, on the basis of total of marks obtained by them in the Staff Selection Commission Examination/ Interview as well as in the final examination held at Police Training School/College.
(1) Great care shall be taken to ensure that the date of birth of every police officer of subordinate rank is correctly recorded at the time of appointment, as this record because of utmost importance in deciding the officer right to pension and is accepted as decisive in the absence of proof that the original entry was wrong and that the date of birth originally recorded was due to a bona fide clerical mistake. The best proof of age is university or school leaving certificate in the case of fresh recruits and the age given in the military discharge certificate in the case of ex-military personnel.
(2) In no case shall a correction in recorded date of birth be allowed at any stage after it has been once recorded and accepted to be correct by the individual concerned in service book or Character Roll.
(1) Before enrolment, every candidate shall be medically examined and certified physically fit for police service by the police surgeon or medical officer appointed by the Commissioner of Police. A certificate, in forms D E duly signed by the medical officer, is essential for enrolment. Before his medical examination the candidates shall be required to give a declaration in form C in the presence of the medical officer such declaration being a precondition for enrolment. The candidates declared medically unfit shall be informed, in writing, of the reasons of unfitness.
(2) The medical examination shall be conducted in accordance with the instructions contained in Appendix-XXX. The medical officer shall test the eye sight, speech and hearing of the candidate, his freedom from physical defects, organic or contagious disease, his age or any other defects or tendency likely to render h
(1) Every candidate shall, before appointment, produce an attestation form, duly certified by two gazetted officers, testifying that the candidate bears a good moral character and they are not aware of anything adverse against him. The candidate may be provisionally enrolled pending verification of his character and antecedents which shall be done by making a reference to the concerned police station. Standing instructions in this regard laying down the procedure for getting such verifications shall be issued by the Commissioner of Police.
(2) An entry about the result of verification of character and antecedents shall be made in the service book/character Roll of the police officer concerned, The papers of such verification shall be filed with his Miscellaneous Personal File.
(1) The general conditions of service of all police officers of subordinate rank, such as pay, pension, leave, joining time, travelling allowance, etc. shall be governed by the rules framed in this behalf, under the Delhi Police Act, 1978 or where such rules are silent, by the rules/ orders as applicable to other Central Govt, civil servants as issued by the Govt, of India from time to time as may be expedient.
(2) In regard to matters not specifically covered by these Rules the police officers of subordinate rank shall be governed by the Rules, regulations and other orders applicable to the corresponding grades of civilian employees serving under the Govt. of India.
(3) Service records of police employees shall be maintained as per details to be specified in the Delhi Police Manual by the Commissioner of Police.
All vacancies which are not filled through the Union Public Service Commission or by competitive examination or by departmental promotion or transfers should invariably be notified in good time to the Employment Exchange.
"27-A Relaxation of upper age limit for departmental candidate. Relaxation of upper age limit of all departmental Candidates for direct recruitment against Group C and D posts of Police Department shall be as follows:- Added vide Notification No. F. 5/67/83-Home (P)/Estt. dt. 15-11-85. 35 years in the case of general candidate and 40 years in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes candidates.
(1) Re-enlistment shall be permissible only in the rank of constable and past service will count for pension as per provisions of rules 18 and 19 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972:
(a) Ex-servicemen and ex-members of all Police forces of States or Union Territory, who were paid from the Central/State revenues may be re-enlisted as constables at the discretion of the appointing authority if their discharge certificate shows previous service as Good or of higher classification, provided that (a) they present themselves within two years of their previous discharge, (b) they conform to the physical and educational standards laid down for recruits from open market, (c) they are medically fit for police service according to the standards prescribed for recruits and (d) their age on the date of re-enrolment is below 30 years. The age limit prescribed in this para may, in special cases, be
(1) Police officers of subordinate ranks discharged on a compensation or invalid gratuity, or pension may be re-employed in the same rank which they had held before retirement in the Police service, upto the age of years subject to the condition, that the retired subordinate officer who has obtained gratuity/pension, if re-employed in qualifying service, may either retain his gratuity/ pension in which case his previous service shall not count for future pension, or refund it and count his previous service towards future pension. The option shall be exercised within a period of three months from the date of re-employment. Such re-employment shall be made only after fresh medical examination by the police pensioner showing that his previous service was classified as not lower than very good. The order reemploying such officer shall specifically state the amount of any gratuity or pension received by him on discharge and a copy
When the Administrator is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, he may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these Rules with respect to any class, category of persons or posts or in an individual case.
(1) The names of all Special Police Officers appointed under section 17 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 shall be published in Delhi Police Gazette (Extra ordinary) and also notified through press (2 Hindi and 2 English Dailies) for the information of general public. A copy of the relevant gazette shall also be exhibited at conspicuous places on the notice boards in the police stations concerned and such other public places e.g., public libraries; notice boards, post offices as the Commissioner of Police, may consider expedient.
(2) Every Special Police Officer, on appointment shall :
(a) Receive a certificate of appointment in the form below:
Police Department
"Certificate of Appointment"
of Delhi
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All provisions contained in the Punjab Police Rules as applicable to the Union Territory of Delhi, relating to appointments and recruitment of employees are hereby repealed, subject to the provisions as contained in the proviso to sub-Section(l) and (2) of Section 149 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978.
APPENDIX
Points to be observed by Medical Officers in examining candidates for recruitment to the Delhi Police are indicated in the following paragraph.
Medical Officers will satisfy themselves regarding each candidate on the following points in the order given. If a disqualifying defect is noticed, the recruit will be rejected without further examination and appropriate entries made in the Recruits Register. Each eye must have a full field of vision as tested by hand movements.
(a) That the vision is upto the following standard:
(i) For Constables, Head Constables and Sub-Inspectors, visual acuity (both eyes) 6/12 without glasses,
(ii) For drivers and Traffic staff visual acuity (both eyes) 6/12 without
FORM-
FORM-A
POLICE DEPARTMENT .. . DELHI
Name..Surname.. CasteSC/ST.
Height in Cms.. Chest in Cms RankNo
Fathers/husbands Name Date of Birth
Permanent Address Date of superannuation
Education G.F.P. A/cNo Blood
Group.
COURSES .. PROMOTION LIST
SI. No. Nomenclature of Year Remarks SI.No. Nomenclature O.B. No. Order Remarks
course of list No./Dt.
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FORM NO. B
DECLARATION
I Shri/Shnrimati/Kumarideclares,
as under :
(i) That I am unmarried/a widower/widow.
(ii) That I am married and have only one wife living.
(iii) That I am married and my husband has no other living wife to the best of my
knowledge.
(iv) That I am married and have more than one wife living. Application for grant of
exemption is enclosed.
(v) That I am married to a person who had already one wife or more living.
Appl
FORM NO.C
CANDIDATES STATEMENT AND DECLARATION
The candidate must make the statement given below prior to his Medical Examination and must sign the declaration appended to it. His attention is specially directed to the warning contained in the Note below:
State your name in full (in block letters)..
State your age and place of birth
(a) Have you ever had small-pox intermittent or any other fever, enlargement or sup pression glands, spitting of blood, asthma, heart disease, lung disease, fainting attacks, rheumatism, appendicitis, .
OR
(b) Any other disease or accident requiring confinement to bed and medical or
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FORM D
FORM OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION
(New entrants)
General Development, Good Fair Poor
Nutrition Thin Average Obesed
Height (without shoes) Weight...
Chest Weight. When ? ...
Any recent change in weight.. Temperature.
Girth of Chest:
After full inspiration
After full expiration
Skin : Any disease.
Eyes :
Any disease.
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FORM E
Police Department.
.District.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR APPOINTMENT
I do hereby certify that I have examined a candidate for employment in the Police Department and cannot discover that he has any disease, constitutional infection, bodily infirmity, except
I do not consider this a disqualification for employment in the office.
His age is according to his own statement years and by appearance about years.
Dated.
Police Surgeon/Medical Officer.
(Prescribed by Fundamental Rule 10)
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FORM F
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT
Police Department Union Territory of Delhi.
No.
Rank. Passport Size photograph duly attested by
Certified that issuing authority.
Shri Signature of the holder of certificate
S/o. Attestation by issuing authority
has been appointed as a member of Delhi Police with effect from under the Delhi Police Act, 1978 and is vested with the powers, functions, privileges and immunities of a Police Officer, under the said Act . ...
Deputy Commissioner of Police/Additional Commissioner of Police
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